daf@pacvax.UUCP (David A. Fagan) (02/01/90)
In article <1537@sequent.cs.qmc.ac.uk> jeremyr@cs.qmc.ac.uk (Jeremy Roussak) writes: > >Several programs (SFScroll INIT, Boomerang, Rebound, etc) persuade >SFGetFile to appear scrolled to a certain selected file. How is this >done? (I'd like to do the same in one of my apps). >All help gratefully received. > >Jeremy Roussak It seems that boomerang does this by simulating a mousedown & drag in the scrollbar "thumb". How do I know this? - an unpleasant interaction between Boomerang & the AltCDEF init. (AltCDEF is an alternative to the standard scrollbar - it supplies both arrows on either end of the scrollbar). One "feature" of AltCDEF is the credits dialog box it brings up if you command-click on the thumb. So what happens if you bring up SFGetFile with a command key equivalent AND the Boomerang wants to scroll in the current directory? Yup, you guessed it, AltCDEF sees a command-click on the thumb. Sometimes it brings up the credits box, sometimes the SFGetFile hangs altogether. :-b Anybody found a mod for either of these to make them compatible? Dave Fagan uunet!pacvax!daf